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Unit of Study HEA00501 - Qualitative Research Methods for Health (2018)

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  • Enrolment information

    The internal offering will run only if there are sufficient enrolments

Unit description

Provides an overview of current theory and issues in research practice. The major philosophical perspectives of health research are examined from historical and social contexts. A critical analysis of empiricist, interpretive and critical approaches to health research will be the focus of this unit.

Unit content

Section A - Exploring qualitative research
Section B - Designing qualitative research
Section C - Doing qualitative research: Methods and practical issues
Section D - Qualitative research applications

Availabilities

2018 unit offering information will be available in September 2017

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 understand the main health research philosophical perspectives and methodologies including their assumptions and practical applications
2 frame a problem statement and formulate qualitative research questions
3 critically appraise relevant research literature to investigate a research problem
4 evaluate the strengths and limitations of qualitative methods and research techniques
5 devise methods to maximise issues of validity and reliability in qualitative research
6 justify appropriate qualitative research methodology and design in response to a research problem, based on critical appreciation of practical and ethical issues

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. understand the main health research philosophical perspectives and methodologies including their assumptions and practical applications
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  2. frame a problem statement and formulate qualitative research questions
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  3. critically appraise relevant research literature to investigate a research problem
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  4. evaluate the strengths and limitations of qualitative methods and research techniques
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  5. devise methods to maximise issues of validity and reliability in qualitative research
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4:
  6. justify appropriate qualitative research methodology and design in response to a research problem, based on critical appreciation of practical and ethical issues
    • GA1:
    • GA3:
    • GA4: